A 4818 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Reduces and clarifies requirements for municipal tourist development commission disbursements for advertising.

This bill reduces the minimum percentage of funds that municipal tourist development commissions must spend on advertising outside their municipality from 50% to 20%. It directly affects these commissions in New Jersey municipalities, which use local tourism revenue to promote visitor attraction. The bill also clarifies that "advertising outside the municipality" includes any ads targeting people who work or live outside the area, even if the same ad reaches local residents. This change simplifies compliance while maintaining the core goal of attracting tourists from outside the community.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2024
Committee Review
Dec 2025
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Dec 2025
Signed into Law
Jan 2026
Introduced Sep 19, 2024 Signed Jan 12, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Dec 22, 2025 · General Assembly Jun 30, 2025

How they voted

370
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Dec 22, 2025
D Democratic25
25 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican15
12 Yea 3
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Jan 12, 2026
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2025, c.250.
executive
Dec 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0)
upper
Dec 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Oct 20, 2025
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
upper
Jun 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (78-1-1)
lower
Jun 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Nov 14, 2024
Committee
Reported and Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
lower
Sep 19, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee
lower
5 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors